Pike v8.1 release 6

Method System.uname()


Method uname

mapping(string:string) uname()

Description

Get operating system information.

Returns

The resulting mapping contains the following fields:

"sysname" : string

Operating system name.

"nodename" : string

Hostname.

"release" : string

Operating system release.

"version" : string

Operating system version.

"machine" : string

Hardware architecture.

"architecture" : string

Basic instruction set architecture.

"isalist" : string

List of upported instruction set architectures. Usually space-separated.

"platform" : string

Specific model of hardware.

"hw provider" : string

Manufacturer of the hardware.

"hw serial" : string

Serial number of the hardware.

"srpc domain" : string

Secure RPC domain.

Note

This function only exists on systems that have the uname(2) or sysinfo(2) system calls.

Only the first five elements are always available.